“Last night was one of the best nights of my life, and honestly, I truly think it’s because I let myself feel ALL the feelings,” she wrote in an Instagram post following the event. “YOU GUYS. I cried my way through the ENTIRE red carpet! I was basically a ball of emotion — from pure excitement to overwhelming joy.”

She added: “Thank you to everyone that helped put me here — you know who you are.”

Landing a role in the “Star Wars” franchise has meant a lot to Tran, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees. She admitted to the New York Daily News that after regularly attending castings for a while without a big break, she had felt tempted to quit but the thought of her parents’ sacrifices motivated her to continue pushing.

“My parents are both refugees from Vietnam, and they spent their whole lives working towards a reality where my sisters and I would have choice,” Tran told the outlet. “That was purely it. My parents never had the luxury of having a dream.”

Her ever-growing fanbase knows that her stardom is well-deserved.

God, just seeing Kelly Marie Tran cry on the red carpet makes me so emotional because yes, I've realized how long I've been waiting for this kind of rep, but imagine how long Kelly has been waiting to see her dreams come true! SHE DESERVES THE BEST OK pic.twitter.com/HwmOWaUmvB